Manor Farmhouse

TL 17 SE ELLINGTON HIGH STREET (East Side)

7/106 Manor Farmhouse -

GV II

Late Cl7 farmhouse, timber framed and plastered with two parallel rear wings and stair turret. An earlier timber framed building on the site is incorporated into the present building up to first floor level. Plain tile, hipped, butt-purlin roofs. Three large red brick chimney stacks. Two storeys with attics. Moulded wooden eaves cornice. Three hipped dormer windows to north facade, and three large first floor C19 hung sash windows with five ground floor hung sash windows with glazing bars. Main entrance facing east has open porch with flat canopy, moulded doorcase flanked by plain pilasters, half-glazed C19 door. Interior has bolection moulded chimney pieces to corner fireplaces, large inglenook hearth to kitchen, moulded cornices and stop-chamfered ceiling beams, closed string pine staircase with turned balusters. The farmhouse was possibly built by the Throckmortons, Lords of the Manor. There is a moat in the grounds possibly the site of the earlier manor house. Large carved stone was used as mounting block beside main entrance. VCH (Hunts) p44. RCHM (Hunts) p76. Nat. Mons. Record (Hunts. VAG).

Listing NGR: TL1623271834